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PLANT AERIAL
VIEW AND
LOCATION
TIE-IN TO EXISTING STACK
TECHNICAL & COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT
SOLVENT MANAGEMENT
KEY TO USE OF HIGHER
MEA CONCENTRATIONS
SEMI-CONTINUOUS BATCH RECLAIMING VENTING INTO
STRIPPER
STEAM SUPPLY & USE OF AUXILIARY BOILER
KÅRSTØ PLANT STAFFING
COST SENSITIVITY
FOR CO2 CAPTURED
COST SENSITIVITY
FOR CO2 CAPTURED
BRINGING THE KÅRSTØ FEED STUDY CONCEPTS UP TO DATE
• Engineering is engineering and thermodynamics is still thermodynamics – basic approach still
very relevant, although site-specific factors must be used for effective detailed design.
• Recent solvent
comparisons for natural
gas power plants
suggests concentrated
MEA will be competitive
with proprietary solvents
• Open-technology and open-access post-combustion capture plants offer a route to maximise
competition, standardize designs based on shared development of best practices and allow
investors to make a clear, unbiased assessment of what is available.
• Concentrated MEA is currently the best initial solvent to use, but plants can be expected to
upgrade to other solvents, generic and/or proprietary, if they offer benefits and to be able to build
on the experience of an open-access user community for a range of other in-service improvements.
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35.3 35.0 36.2 35.1 36.0
MEA 30%w/w Alstom BASF Fluor HTC MHI Cansolv
World BankPre-Feasibility Study for Establishing a Carbon Capture Pilot Plant in Mexico - Full-Scale Poza Rica NGCC PCC Retrofit Incremental
Electricity Cost ($/MWh) for 85% CO2 Capture